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The Web Ranking of Universities has ranked the University of Nairobi position 7 in Africa and 855 in the world ahead of all other universities in the region confirming its place amongUNIVERSITY the academic giants OF in AfricaNAIROBI and worldwide. RANKED The University AMONG recorded a marked THE improvement TOP 3% internationally IN THE by emerging WORLD 855 out of over 25,000 ranked universities – jumping 52 places from its previous ranking in July 2014, when it emerged 907. The University of Nairobi has recorded marked improvement in international rankings. In the January 2016 Webometrics Ranking of Universities edition, the University of Nairobi was ranked positionWhen compared6 in Africa and to 697 its inpeers the world worldwide, ahead of UoN all other emerged universities ahead in the of region, some confi top rming US Universities its place among such the as academic California giants State worldwide. University This that ranking holds has 862, placed Illinois the UniversityState University among the top 3% universities worldwide out of 24,000 higher education institutions. 915, and Florida Institute of Technology 880, among many others. In the United Kingdom, it emerged a head of famous higher learning institutions such as London AccordingBusiness Schoolto web 1432,ranking University indicators, of the Hull University 944 and was Middlesex ranked position University 2 in Africa 994. on In ImpactAfrica UoNand Openness. emerged Impact ahead measures of University an institution’s of the Western visibility, Capeinternational ranked collaboration at 8, UNISA and 10, linkagesMansoura with Universityother institutions 11, Makerere of higher learning. University13, Openness and measures University the of total Dar number Es Salaam of high 37. quality Overall published in Africa, scholarly Cairo wor Universityks in an institution’s leads in research the rankings repository followed and website by the representing University theof Cape academic Town. excellence The first of positionthe institution. worldwide The University went ofto Nairobithe renowned was also ranked Harvard position University. 4 in Africa Over in Presence, 25,000 institutions which measures of higher the total learning number ofwere web analyzed pages in an in institution’sthe ranking. website indicating the richness in academic content. In the world, the University was ranked position 229 in Openness, position 279 in Presence and position 547 in Visibility.

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The University Senate congratulates members of staff and students for the good performance and challenges them to improve on these impressive results and benchmark with the best universities in the world.

Prof. Peter M. F. Mbithi Vice-Chancellor

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